Royal Naval Biography/Stewart, Houston
HOUSTON STEWART, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1817.]
Second son of the late Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart, of Blackball, Renfrewshire, N.B.
This officer served part of his time, as midshipman, under Lord Cochrane, in the Imperieuse frigate, and was in one of her boats at the attack of Arcasson, Jan. 7, 18O7. In the following year, he assisted at the destruction of several newly constructed semaphoric telegraphs, fourteen guard-houses, a battery, and a strong tower, on the southern coast of France[1]. He also served on shore, at the defence of Rosas, in Dec. 1808[2].
Mr. Stewart passed his examination, at Portsmouth, in July 1811; obtained a commission on the 1st of the ensuing month ; became flag-lieutenant to Lord Keith early in 1813; was made commander, Aug. 13, 1814; appointed to the Shark, receiving-ship at Jamaica, Jan. 18, 1815; to the Royalist brig, July 14, 1815; to the Rifleman brig, Aug. 17, 1816; to the Salisbury 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, Mar. 13, 1817; promoted to post rank, June 10, 1817; and appointed to the Menai 26, fitting for the Halifax station, Oct. 21, 1823. He returned home from thence, Dec. 14, 1826.
Captain Stewart married, Feb. 10, 1819, Martha, youngest daughter of Sir William Miller, of Glenlee, Bart, a Lord of the Court of Session in Scotland.
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